Detachable shirt collar



May 31, 1932- c. H. MACKIE DETACHABLE SHIRT COLLAR Filed Aug. 8, 1950 Patented May 31, 1932 UNITED STATES CHARLES H. MACKIE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO AUGUSTUS' PATENT OFFICE I.. MEROLLE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK DETACHABLE SHIRT COLLAR Application led August 8, 1930. Serial No. 473,905.

This invention relates to an improvement in detachable shirt collar, and an object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive and practical collar device adapted to be readily attached to and detached from a shirt when the collar ordinarily worn with the shirt has been removed and the collar band turned in, or in instances where the shirt has no collar band at all.

A further object is to so construct the collar device that it will include parts adjust-' able to neatly fit to shirt openings of different sizes and proportions.

A further object is to so design the collar device` that it may if desired consist of two separately formed parts which may be handled and laundered individually of each other.

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less specific than those referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed out in the course of the following description of the elements, combinations, arrangements of lparts and applications of 26 principles constituting the invention; and the scope of protection contemplated will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing which is to be taken as a part of this speciication, and 30 in which I have shown merely a preferred form of embodiment of the invention Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a collar constructed in accordance with this invention and showing the same as it appears va5 in use upon a shirt.

' Fig. 2 is a similar view but illustrating the shirt alone, the collar, as it appears detached from the shirt, being illustrated upon enlarged scale in Fig. 3.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a neclrtie constructed to be employed in connection with the present collar device.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged transverse sectional view approximately upon the plane of line V-V ofFig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 but illustrating a modified forni of construction, and Fig. 7 is an enlarged transverse sectional view substantially upon the plane of line VII-VII of Fig.l.

Referring to the drawing for describing in detail the structure illustrated therein, the reference character L indicates an ordinary shirt having the usual collar band l thereon, the shirt being open at the front and adapted to be connected together by buttons 2 in the customary manner.

In the illustration Fig. 2 the shirt is shown with the left hand portion of the neck band and a part of the front of the shirt turned in as indicated at 3, it being understood that the remainder of the collar band and the opposite side portion as 4 is to be turned in, as indicated in Fig. l, prior to the application of the collar constituting this invention thereto.

The collar device consists of two portions as Gr and I-I. Each of these consists of a front iiap 5 and a rear flap 6, said flaps being folded upon each other, as clearly illustrated in the drawing, the rear iap being intended to be positioned on the inner side of the shirt and the front flap being intended to be positioned at the outer side of the shirt, the material of the shirt being intended to be accommodated in the U-shaped space present between said aps as clearly indicated.

The members G and H may be rigidly connected together as a single element if desired but they are preferably connected by pivot forming means of suitable character as at 7 at the apex of the V-shaped space 8 which is formed between the fold-lines or edges 9-9 of the two members, the pivot serving not only to connect the members in proper relation to each other but also enabling them to be easily and conveniently adjusted upon the shirt and into proper fit against the turned edge portions of the shirt, as indicated in Fig. 1.

The two members may be swung toward each other for facilitating their easy introduction into the V-shaped opening at the neck of the shirt and may then be swung apart to project the rear flaps 6 behind the adjacent portions of the shirt. If the V-shaped opening at the front of the shirt formed by the turning in of the collar band etc. as in Fig. 2 is broad and shallow, or narrow and deep,

the parts may be swung more or less about their pivots as may be required to bring their fold-lines or edges 9 into proper iit against the adjacent edges of the shirt so as to pre sent a neat and attractive appearance.

In Fig. 5 the pivot forming means between the members G and H consists of an eyelet as 10 which engages through mating apertures as indicated at 11 of the two members, and cover portions as 12-12 are provided upon the two members respectively for covering and concealing the eyelet, the connection in this instance being an inseparable one.

In the modiication Fig. 6 the connection is of a separable kind, a removable fastener, such as the collar-button 13 being used to eX- tend through the mating apertures indicated at 14 of the two halves, no cover for the collar-button being present.

If desired a necktie, as indicated in Fig. 4, may be fitted with a hook as 15 by which it may be fastened in a position of use upon the collar as indicated in Fig. 1, the hook 15 being adapted to engage over the pivot forming portion of the two members, as will be readily understood.

A person having on a collarless shirt, or a shirt from which the collar has been removed and the collar band turned in as indicated in Fig. 2 may very much improve his appearance without detracting from the comfort gained by the absence of the ordinary collar and by the large V-shaped opening at the front of the neck, bv attaching a collar device and tie as per the present invention.

The device is of simple and practical construction and may be manufactured and marketed at small cost, and it may be formed of any suitable material such as linen, as ordinarily used for collar construction, or it may be formed of Celluloid, or even of cardboard or paper, according to preference.

As many changes could be made in this construction without departing from the scope of the invention, as defined in the following claims, it is'intended that all matter contained in the above description, or shown in the accompanying drawings, shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invent-ion, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A detachable shirt collar device adapted to be worn at the V opening of a shirt, said collar device being made up as a single entity consisting of opposite front flaps adapted to overlie portions of the shirt and opposite rear flaps adapted to underlie said portions, said flaps adapted to receive the portions of the shirt between them to thereby support the device upon the shirt, and the device being shaped to conform to the V shaped opening of the shirt, the rear flaps being connected together at the point of the V but being disconnected from each other at the upper end of the V.

2. A detachable shirt collar device adapted to be Worn at the V opening of a shirt, said collar device consisting of opposite front iiaps adapted to overlie portions of the shirt and opposite rear iiaps adapted to underlie said portions, said iiaps adapted to receive portions of the shirt between them to thereby support the device upon the shirt, the device being shaped to conform to the V shaped opening of the shirt, means formed as a part of said rear iiaps and bridging from one of said rear flaps to the other at the point of the V opening adapted to receive and support a necktie thereon.

3. A detachable shirt collar device adapted to be worn at the V opening of a shirt, said collar device comprising two separately formed members each consisting of a front flap and rear flap, said flaps being adapted to receive portions of a shirt between them whereby the device may be supported within the V shaped opening of the shirt, and means by which said members are pivotally connected together and adjustable with respect to each other to conform to the V shaped opening of the shirt.

4. A detachable shirt collar device adapted to be worn at the V opening of a shirt, said collar device comprising two separately formed members each consisting of a front iap and a rear flap, said flaps being adapted to receive port-ions of a shirt between them whereby the device may be supported within the V shaped opening of the shirt, and means provided by the rear flaps by which said two members are readily separably connected together for pivotal movement with respect to each other.

5. A detachable shirt collar device adapted to be worn at the V opening of a shirt, said colla-r device consisting of opposite front flaps adapted to overlie portions of the shirt and opposite rear flaps adapted to underlie said portions, said flaps adapted to receive portions of the shirt between them to thereby support the device upon the shirt, the device being shaped to conform to the V shaped opening of the shirt, the upper portions of the device being spread apart but the lower portions converging at the point of the V, and means supported wholly by said device independently of the shirt serving to connect the lower portions to each other.

6. A detachab-le shirt collar device adapted to be worn at the V opening of a shirt, said collar device comprising two separately formed members each consisting of a front flap and a rear flap, said flaps being adapted to receive portions of a shirt between them whereby the device may be supported within the V shaped opening of the shirt, and said members having openings at their lower ends adapted to receive a fastening device therethrough by which to connect said lower ends together.

7. A detachable shirt collar device adapted to be worn at the V opening of a shirt, said collar device comprising two separately formed members each consisting of a front flap and a rear flap, said flaps being adapted to receive portions of a shirt between them whereby the device may be supported within the V shaped opening of the shirt, said members having openings at their lower ends, and a separate fastening device extending through said openings serving to connect said lower ends together and constituting a pivot by which said members are pivotally connected together and adjustable with respect to each other to conform to the V shaped opening of the shirt.

8. A detachable shirt collar device adapted to be worn at the V opening of a shirt, said collar device comprising two separately formed members each consisting of a front flap and a rear flap, said flaps being adapted to receive portions of a shirt between them whereby the device may be supported within the V shaped opening of the shirt, means by which said members are pivotally connected together and adjustable with respect to each other to conform to the V shaped opening of the shirt, and means to cover and conceal said pivot forming means.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

CHARLES H. MACKIE. 

